In the historical romance novel "The Name I Choose", a young woman escapes her bleak origins and pursues genuine love. In Holly Brough’s historical romance novel "The Name I Choose", an abused domestic worker in Spain finds refuge with... Read More

Otherworldly encounters transform a teenager’s new life in Clyde Boyer’s science fiction novel "Girl Out of Time". Anna’s head has always been up past the stratosphere, but when her parents die, she’s forced to come back down to... Read More

Esther Woolfson’s "Between Light and Storm" contemplates the eons-long interaction between human beings and animals. It questions what the belief that humans are superior to all other living beings has done to bring on the multiple... Read More

In "Wake Up, This Is Joburg", photographer Mark Lewis and writer Tanya Zack document stories about people getting by on the fringes of Johannesburg. These pieces are sometimes sad, sometimes inspiring, and add up to a complicated picture... Read More

Observing the development of the US as a nation through a single American family, "Legacy" is a personalized, microcosmic history text. "Legacy" is a tale of US history distilled through Scott MacDonald’s family genealogy and the... Read More

In this touching historical novel, a long-distance couple works to keep their family together in the face of adversity. In Gail S. Fraser’s historical novel "Song for the Widowmaker", a Scottish emigrant to the US pursues mining work... Read More

"The Moonday Letters" wraps a lament for Earth’s damaged ecosystems into the story of lovers at an interplanetary crossroads. Lumi grew up in a resource-starved holiday village on Earth. She had few prospects before a healer, Vivian,... Read More

"Ministers of a New Medium" brings fresh insight into Christian evangelism, tracing the lives and work of two pioneering preachers from the early days of radio in the US. Walter Maier, a Lutheran pastor, and Fulton Sheen, a Catholic... Read More